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Many could do it- imagine I've lost a lot of weight; I could say 'the fat me would have eaten twice as much'. 'Real' is probably the most common, but any adjective that shows a contrast could be used. However, I think this is probably more likely to be used with the first and second person. For instance, I could say that the 'drunk me' is an unpleasant person, but 'the drunk him' doesn't sound right.

Many could do it- imagine I've lost a lot of weight; I could say 'the fat me would have eaten twice as much'. 'Real' is probably the most common, but any adjective that shows a contrast could be used. However, I think this is probably more likely to be used with the first and second person. For instance, I could say that the 'drunk me' is an unpleasant person, but 'the drunk him' doesn't sound right.

Hmm...interesting.

What about adjective phrases like "prep+noun"? Is it possible to modify "me" by, say, "in Japan" (i.e me in Japan)? I know basically personal pronouns cannot be modified by "prep+noun", but I think I've seen such an expression as "me in Japan" somewhere.